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Jim Thompson
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 Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:16 am Post subject: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
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Martin Riddle
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:st6le4p4emi22jp32v9sg5t9edllvk06fr@4ax.com...
[quote]
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
[/quote]
I dumped Norton a few years ago, tried AVG, now I am using Bitdefender.
Bitdefender seems to use less resources and is among to top of the pack.
Mcafee was my second choice, but I don>t like products that stop working
if
you stop paying the subscription. Hopefully bitdefender will still
function.
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donald
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
[/quote]
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02 |
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Sjouke Burry
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the[/quote]
Symantec/norton site. |
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Jim Thompson
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
<burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:
[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
[/quote]
Does that mean the removal tool doesn>t work properly??
What do you use now for anti-virus protection?
...Jim Thompson
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flipper
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:48:39 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
Does that mean the removal tool doesn>t work properly??
[/quote]
If things are 'fine' then it usually works well enough. But if
anything is off then it often leaves remnants, which aren>t usually a
problem for anything other than Symantec programs. Like removing an
older version of NAV to install a new one: the new install fails.
[quote]What do you use now for anti-virus protection?
...Jim Thompson[/quote] |
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Sjouke Burry wrote:
[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
[/quote]
I dumped Norton a long time ago, Way to intrusive the way it works.
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Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©
"Treason doth never prosper: what>s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
"Follow The Money" ;-P |
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Sjouke Burry
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
Does that mean the removal tool doesn>t work properly??
What do you use now for anti-virus protection?
...Jim Thompson
It means that the removal went oke, for 3 friends of friends computers.[/quote]
I either install Avg or Avast, with Winpatrol and the runtime part of
Spybot(Teatimer).
Occasional scan with Spybot and Adaware and RootkitRevealer.exe
(Sysinternals MS).
For 2 or 3 dangerous viri, a removal tool(free) from macafee has done
wonders, when I need one, google most of the times knows the tool.
Current score on my comp: One rootkit malware killed by macafee tool
in the last two years,origin and source of contamination unknown.
XP Pro SP3, semi-auto update(I decide when and what.) |
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Tom Biasi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:st6le4p4emi22jp32v9sg5t9edllvk06fr@4ax.com...
[quote]
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC>s and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
[/quote]
Virus protection progs are really not all that different. The important
factor is their data base of known viruses. Any good program needs to update
frequently.
SEP is Symantec>s end point protectection. They bought out a really good
engine.
AVG works fine. I don>t care for McAfee.
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Le Chaud Lapin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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On Oct 7, 6:01 am, "Tom Biasi" <tombi...@optonline.net> wrote:
[quote]"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
Virus protection progs are really not all that different. The important
factor is their data base of known viruses. Any good program needs to update
frequently.
SEP is Symantec>s end point protectection. They bought out a really good
engine.
[/quote]
Which engine might that be?
[quote]AVG works fine. I don>t care for McAfee.
[/quote]
-Le Chaud Lapin- |
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JeffM
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
Paul Urbanus wrote:
I use ESET NOD32. Recommended by the IT guy
from a friends small (20 person) software company.[...]
www.eset.com
[/quote]
(alt.binaries.schematics.electronic removed from To: line)
It is also recommended by a guy whose opinion I value in these
matters.
In fact, they have become a sponsor of his
--and he is VERY discriminating about the sponsors he accepts
(though he recommended NOD32 before that financial link existed).
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:8MyGkWTD9MoJ:techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show494+Leo.Laporte+ESET+NOD-32+site:TechGuyLabs.com |
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Paul Urbanus
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
...Jim Thompson
I use ESET NOD32. Recommended by the IT guy from a friends small (20[/quote]
person) software company. Next choice would be Trend Micro.
The IT guy and my friend heavily advise against Norton - uses too many
resources, thus slowing down the system.
www.eset.com
www.trendmicro.com |
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Eeyore
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
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LMFAO !
How long did it take you to discover it>s a pile of steaming shit ? It>s
a VIRUS in its own right.
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Eeyore
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Martin Riddle wrote:
[quote]"Jim Thompson" wrote
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
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Something free. Because then they don>t feel obliged to put loads of
worthless 'features' in it that hog CPU cycles.
[quote]I dumped Norton a few years ago, tried AVG, now I am using Bitdefender.
Bitdefender seems to use less resources and is among to top of the pack.
Mcafee was my second choice, but I don>t like products that stop working
if you stop paying the subscription.
[/quote]
Macafee IMHO is no better than the Norton shit.
Graham |
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Eeyore
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus |
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Sjouke Burry wrote:
[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
I>m biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
What>s the recommended replacement?
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
[/quote]
You mean you didn>t learn the first time ?
You may need to explain about that to Jim. He seems like a bit of
innocent in these matters.
Graham |
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